If we live by the Spirit; then how should we walk?

“Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Galatians 5:24-24 NASB

A sad reality for many Christians is the failure to know that the Holy Spirit is living inside of us. At conversion when one accepts Christ by the nudging of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit that led you to salvation is now with you and will never leave you. I think most of us find it hard to accept that that the creator of the heavens and the earth, Almighty God is living inside of us in the Holy Spirit, but that is what the Bible teaches.

Paul encouraged the churches in Galatia by declaring, “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.” (Gal.2:20 nasb) Paul is saying Christ lives in him through the Holy Spirit. The same is true for every believer. Christians had that old self crucified with Christ, we are new creatures, the old has pass away, the new has come. (2 Cor.5:17) Later Paul says if that is the case then we should all be walking by the Spirit.

We must admit it is challenging to walk by the Spirit in our current day, but it is not impossible. The Holy Spirit, the creator God, is living within us to help us walk as believers in Christ. Once a true knowledge and understanding of the Holy Spirit is realized that walk goes much easier. We rely on Him and His presence with the daily temptations that prevent from walking as we should. Remember we have crucified the flesh. What is dead cannot be brought to life, and it won’t be if we walk by the Spirit.